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SILVER SPRING, September 19: Discovery Communications announced it is expanding its collection of content on Google Earth, adding over 150 video segments for destinations around the globe. This expansion follows the April 2006 announcement of Discovery being the first provider …

BURBANK, September 19: Warner Music Group (WMG) and the online video-sharing website YouTube have signed a deal that allows WMG’s catalogue to be distributed online. According to the agreement, YouTube has the right to show WMG’s library of music videos, …

MEXICO CITY, September 19: Grupo Televisa has announced that it will not be making another bid for Univision Communications, the Spanish-language broadcaster in the U.S. Over the last week there have been reports in the media that Televisa was considering …

CULVER CITY, September 19: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is adding executives to oversee its mobile teams in Asia Pacific and Latin America. “Sony Pictures is firmly committed to growing its mobile entertainment business, and is dedicating significant resources to …

LOS ANGELES, September 19: USA Network has renewed Psych for a second season, ordering 16 new episodes of the series, which debuted during the summer. In its first episode on July 7, Psych brought in 6.25 million total viewers and …

NEW YORK, September 19: Nickelodeon will go off the air for three hours on September 30 to celebrate its third annual Worldwide Day of Play, part of its “Let’s Just Play” campaign that encourages children to have active and healthy …

LONDON, September 19: Zonemedia’s Zone Reality channel will be launching its first original series Psychic Private Eyes. Psychic Private Eyes will consist of 15 one-hour episodes and is a co-production between Zonemedia and the British company IPM. The series is …

LONDON, September 19: Granada International has picked up the distribution rights to Company Pictures’ new adaptation of Mansfield Park. This new version of Jane Austen’s classic tale of love, betrayal and the agonies of the Regency class system, adapted by …

NEW YORK, September 18: Peter Smith has been promoted to the role of president of NBC Universal International, succeeding Frederick Huntsberry, who left the company in July to join Paramount Pictures. The announcement was made today by Bob Wright, the …

UNIVERSAL CITY, September 18: Universal Pictures and Top Up TV have announced PictureBox, a subscription-on-demand service in the U.K. The new PictureBox service premieres this fall and will be available on Top Up TV’s new Anytime service. It will provide …